2006 Kentucky Revised Statutes - .500   Definitions for KRS 197.505 to 197.525.

197.500 Definitions for KRS 197.505 to 197.525. As used in KRS 197.505 to 197.525, unless the context otherwise requires: (1)  "Department" means the Department of Corrections; (2)  "Adult correctional facility" means any minimum or medium adult penal or correctional facility operated for the purpose of housing convicted felons for the department; and (3)  "Private provider" means a private legal entity authorized to do business in the Commonwealth and which is in the business of establishing, operating, and managing adult correctional facilities. Effective: July 15, 1998 History: Amended 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 606, sec. 93, effective July 15, 1998. -- Amended 1994 Ky. Acts ch. 418, sec. 17, effective July 15, 1994. ­ Amended 1992 Ky. Acts ch. 211, sec. 68, effective July 14, 1992; and ch. 445, sec. 9, effective July 14, 1992. -- Created 1988 Ky. Acts ch. 234, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1988.